ਬਿਨ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit विना (vinā).

Preposition

ਬਿਨ • (bin) (Shahmukhi spelling بن)

1. without, except
   • Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Amar Das, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 643:

     ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਜਗੁ ਕਮਲਾ ਫਿਰੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਦਰੀ ਆਇਆ

     binu nāvai jagu kamlā phirai gurmukhi nadrī āiā

     Without the Name, the world wanders around insane; the Gurmukhs come to see this.

   Synonyms: ਵਿਹੂਣਾ (vihūṇā), ਬਗ਼ੈਰ (baġair)

References

• “ਬਿਨ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਬਿਨ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.